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On February 4th, we had some challenges with the '''images on Libre Pathology''' that come via the InstantCommons feature of [[Mediawiki]]. | |||
The problem was fixed speedily by the team at the WikiMedia Foundation.<ref>URL: [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125804 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125804]. Accessed on: February 6, 2016.</ref> | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Mediawiki the software that runs [[Libre Pathology|this modest site]] and [[Wikipedia]]. It comes to us from ''WikiMedia'' (formally the ''WikiMedia Foundation'' - abbreviated ''WMF'') the organization that runs [[Wikipedia]] and the ''WikiMedia Commons'' (also ''WikiCommons'' and ''WC''). | Mediawiki is the software that runs [[Libre Pathology|this modest site]] and [[Wikipedia]]. It comes to us from ''WikiMedia'' (formally the ''WikiMedia Foundation'' - abbreviated ''WMF'') the organization that runs [[Wikipedia]] and the ''WikiMedia Commons'' (also ''WikiCommons'' and ''WC''). | ||
The WikiCommons is the repository for all the different Wikipedias and Wiki projects of the WMF. | The WikiCommons is the multimedia repository for all the different Wikipedias and Wiki projects of the WMF. | ||
As the mission of the WMF is to disseminate knowledge, they allow non-WMF project (like this one) to download images to their server via the InstantCommons (much the way the Wikipedias pull their multimedia files from the WikiCommons). | As the mission of the WMF is to disseminate knowledge, they allow non-WMF project (like this one) to download images to their server via the InstantCommons (much the way the Wikipedias pull their multimedia files from the WikiCommons). | ||
We use the WC as the images are free (libre) and often reasonable quality. [[User:Michael|One of us]] ( | We use the WC as the images are free (libre) and often reasonable quality. [[User:Michael|One of us]] ([[Wikipedia:User:Nephron|being active on the WC and Wikipedia]]) uploaded a good number of them. | ||
We believe that: | |||
# The images should be shared widely and see the WC as a vehicle for doing this. | |||
# Contributing images to the WC demonstrates our commit to open and ensures they have longevity. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Libre Pathology news]]. | *[[Libre Pathology news]]. | ||
*[[Libre Pathology:Images on Libre Pathology]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== |
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